HS SOCCER: Marshfield takes a pair from Plymouth North

Countless “Under Construction” signs greeted the Plymouth North soccer teams as the buses pulled into Marshfield High for Thursday night’s Atlantic Coast League varsity soccer doubleheader between the Blue Eagles and the Rams.

Countless “Under Construction” signs greeted the Plymouth North soccer teams as the buses pulled into Marshfield High for Thursday night’s Atlantic Coast League varsity soccer doubleheader between the Blue Eagles and the Rams.

A combined 29 seniors are gone from last year’s teams, but the signs still pointed in the right direction for both of the Plymouth North programs.

Opening up the new James Anderson Field at MHS, Marshfield took a pair of wins as the Lady Rams cruised to a 3-0 victory and the boys scored a goal early in the game and made it stick in a 1-0 win over the Eagles.

“We made some mistakes, but I saw enough good things where I’ll be excited to go to practice today,” Lady Eagle Head Coach Dennis Azevedo said Friday. “I started a freshman, four sophomores, and two regular starters (Hunter Simard and Jenn Ness) were either out injured or limited. We’re young, but we are going to get better with experience.”

The first 10 minutes belonged to Marshfield as the Rams buzzed around the Plymouth North end of the field. North withstood the barrage until a goal off a mis-kick in front of the net put the Rams on top. Katie Wheeler was given credit for the goal.

“You could see that one took a little of the wind from out sails,” Azevedo said.

Marshfield continued to press the issue, and some defensive miscommunication allowed Abbey Clapp to sneak home a score in the 22nd minute.

Clapp stuck again after the break to make the final score 3-0.

“We didn’t get too many breaks,” Azevedo said. “We had a couple chances when it was 2-0 but could not convert on them. We score there, and it’s a different game.”

The Rams and Eagle boys teams took the field in the nightcap. North’s strategy was to not chase the Rams around until they got into a dangerous area of the field. The plan worked as the Rams were turned away on chance after chance by a strong defensive effort.

The only goal of the game came in the 13th minute of the contest on a beautiful cross to the middle of the penalty box that was headed into the net.

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